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antropomorphe stylized representing a buffalo on a female body.
One
finds here all the graphic beauty of the Mama style. The lines soft
and are purified, very visually impacting. Symbolically, the horns
meet thus forming a circle, and marking the achievement of a
cycle. The horns are symbol of fertility in the Mama
ethnos group, this one can be indifferently associated with the
fertility with the ground or that with the women and wives.
This type of sculptor is generally employed by a group of men, within
the Mama village, who have like social contribution, the
development of the village or the agricultural production of this one.
They are the guards of the prosperity of the village.
The statuette is carved in a light wood, covered with a dark coating.
A red pigmentation comes to support the expression of the "face",
the
front armlevers and the pot carried. This part is in perfect state and
is sold with its base.
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When a man is wealthy, he may wear an old cloth. 
